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FRANKARD v. AMOCO OIL CO.

No. 83-210.

116 Wis.2d 254 (1983)

342 N.W.2d 247

Richard FRANKARD and Janice M. Frankard, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. AMOCO OIL COMPANY, f/k/a The American Oil Company, a Maryland corporation, Defendant-Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided November 9, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiffs-appellants there were briefs by Dennis P. Moroney of McMahon & Moroney, of counsel to Eugene Koenen, of Milwaukee, and letter briefs and oral argument by Michael J. Cramer of Steve Enich Law Office, of Milwaukee.

For the defendant-respondent there were briefs by Stuart Parsons and Jeffrey Morris of Quarles & Brady, of Milwaukee, and Paula J. Clayton, of counsel, of Chicago, and oral argument by Stuart Parsons, of Milwaukee.

Before Scott, C.J., Brown, P.J., and Voss, J.

BROWN, P.J.

Richard and Janice Frankard, owners of a service station in Mequon, appeal from a directed verdict holding that there was no credible evidence to support their claim for economic duress against their franchisor, Amoco Oil Company. The trial court noted that a threat made to another is an insufficient ground for recovery if the threatening party has a legal right to do what it has threatened to do. Because the...

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